Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

The Best WWI Documentary I've Seen Yet— Verdun, The Battle of the Great War


Part docudrama, this 2015 French production about the Great War's longest battle is filled with new material and information, as well as many moving and heart-wrentching sequences. It seems to use all the tricks of the documentarian's trade: colorization, CGI, drone footage of the battlefield, borrowing the most authentic footage of commercial films and official reenactments, and incorporating an amazing selections of quotes from the participants. The soundtrack and subtitles in this version are in English.


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